Secret pocket.



J. ROTH.

SECRET POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, l9l4- 1,147,445. Patented July 20, 1915.

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. JACOB ROTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SECRET rocxn'r.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 20, 1915,

Application filed November 1c, 1914. Serial No. 872,392.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, JACOB ROTH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Secret Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to secret pockets for wearing apparel, and has for its object to provide an auxiliary pocket to be used in connection with the ordinary pocket, so that valuables may be safely kept therein with out the fear of having them stolen or otherwise removed from the possessor without his knowledge thereof.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a secret or safety pocket which can be readily and easily made into any ordinary pocket now in use, and which can be manufactured in connection with ordinary pockets at a very reducedfcost, and when the pockets are assembled, they will have the appearanceof anordinarypocket which would not attract the attention of anyone trying to pick the pocket or otherwise remove the articles contained therein, without attracting the attention of the wearer.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be best understood from the accompanying drawings taken in connection with the following detailed description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a pair of trousers having the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of the same; Fig. 4: is a rear elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank embodying the invention; and Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6, illustrating the blank in full lines, and the same being indicated in dotted lines when it is in folded position to form the pocket.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the various figures of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have illustrated the invention used in connection with a portion of a pair of trousers, but it is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be used with any garmentin which it is desired to provide a secret pocket. 7

The portions of the pair of trousers shown comprises two pieces of cloth, 1 and 2, which are. connected by means of the seam 3. A.

vided, having a configuration similar to ahalf section of the main sheet or cloth 10, and having a width slightly greater than one-half of the width of the sheet l0. The sheets 10 and 11 are connected together along the lines 12 and 13 by means of stitching, The superposed connected sheets 10. and 11 arethen creased and folded on the vertical line 14 and connected by stitching 17 extending around the margin of the fold ed edges as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The part 15 forms the outer wall of this multiplex pocket structure and the part 16 the inner wall thereof as shown in Fig. 5. The inner narrower sheet 11. .isthus disposed within and secured to saidwalls and forms a partition dividing the structure into a main pocket 18, a secret pocket 19 and a supplementalsecret pocket 20. The main pocket 18 is disposed between the main body of the partition sheet 11 and the outer wall 15 aforesaid and the secret pocket 19 is disposed between the body of the partition sheet 11 andthe inner wall 16 aforesaid. The supplemental pocket 20 is disposed between the folded portion of the sheet 11 and the outer wall 15 as shownin Fig. 5. The main pocket 18 is provided with an exterior opening 6. A portion of the partition sheet 11 is cut away adjacent to said exterior opening, forming a recess 21 to provide an entrance to the secret pocket 19. The inner edge of this recess is provided with a reinforcing strip 22 whichcarries socket members 23 of fastening devices, which receive stud members 23 carried by the wall 15. Any suitable fastening'members may be employed for closing this opening. An inner opening for the secret pocket is thus provided. These fastening members are located at one side of the pocket some distance from the main opening 6 thereof Where they are not likely to be observed from the outside. Access is had to the supplemental secret pocket 20 around the fold ed edge of the partition sheet 11.

The bottom of the pockets are preferably inclined from the rear toward the front thereof so that articles contained therein will have a tendency to move toward the front of the pocket, where they will be in easy reach for withdrawal and smaller and more valuable articles will be retained within the secret pocket.

The upper end of the pocket is closed by inserting the same under the Waist-band of the trousers, and is connected thereto by means of the stitching 5. The rear end of the pocket is also connected to the trousers by the stitching forming the seam 3. The section 15 of the cloth 10 is connected to the section 1 of the trousers by means of stitching indicated by the line 24:.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that I have provided an ordinary pocket, whereby articles may be carried therein, which is also provided with a secret pocket, indicated by the numeral 19, and by having the auxiliary secret pocket 20 small valuable articles, when placed within the secret pocket, will fall into the auxiliary pocket, and are held therein by means of a partition 25, which is formed by bending the piece of cloth 11 upon itself. By having this auxiliary pocket, coins 26 or other small articles contained therein are safely hidden, and should anyone enter the secret pocket, he could not gain access to the auxiliary pocket 20 without being acquainted with the construction thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated the invention embodying one form thereof, but it is of course to be understood that I do not desire to restrict the same to this particular form, but other changes or alterations may be made that come within the scope of the invention, without departing from the spirit thereof or sacrificing the efficiency of the same, and which come within the terms of the appended claim.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A multiplex pocket structure comprising a folded main sheet constituting the outer and inner walls of said structure and provided with a pocket opening, and a narrower folded partition sheet disposed within and secured to said folded main sheet, said folded partition sheet forming on its opposite sides respectively main and secret pockets between said walls, said secret pocket having an opening into said main pocket, and the folded portion of said partition sheet forming a supplemental narrow secret pocket between itself and one of said walls, said narrow pocket opening into said secret pocket around the fold of said partition sheet.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JACOB ROTH.

Witnesses Louis LANDE, F. Hose.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. U. 

